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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dokunmak.

to touch, contact

8 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to touch, contact

    intransitive
    Bana dokundun!

  2. to disturb, meddle with, upset, affect adversely

    intransitive

  3. To masturbate, touch oneself

    euphemistic · reflexive
    Kendime dokunmadan edemiyorum.
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish طوقونمق (dokunmak, “to touch, be in contact, affect, concern, injure, excite emotion”), reflexive form of Proto-Turkic *tokï- (“to hit, knock, strike”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tokı-, “to hit, knock”), Karakhanid [script needed] (tokın-, “to hit, bump into”), Azerbaijani toxunmaq (“to touch”), Kazakh тоқылдау (toqıldaw, “to knock”), Tuvan токкулаар (tokkulaar, “to tap, knock”), Uyghur توقۇنماق (toqunmaq, “to touch”), Uzbek toʻqinmoq (“to touch”).

verb

  1. to be woven

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Reflexive/passive form of dokumak (“to weave”).

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